AXISP1368-ENetworkCamera
TableofContents
Solutionoverview...........................................3
Productoverview...........................................4
Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................6
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................6
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................6
Setup.....................................................8
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................8
Howtoreplacethelens..........................................8
Howtohidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks....................8
Howtoreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions..........................8
Howtoselectexposuremode......................................9
Howtomaximizedetailsinanimage...............................9
Howtomonitorlongandnarrowareas..............................9
Howtoenhancelicenseplaterecognition............................10
Aboutviewarea................................................10
Howtohandlesceneswithstrongbacklight..........................10
Aboutoverlays..................................................1 1
Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion............1 1
Howtochoosevideocompressionformat............................12
Howtoreducebandwidthandstorage..............................12
Howtosetupnetworkstorage....................................13
Howtoaddaudiotoyourrecording................................13
Howtorecordandwatchvideo....................................
Aboutevents...................................................
Howtotriggeranaction.........................................13
Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion..................
Aboutapplications..............................................14
Troubleshooting............................................15
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................15
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................15
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................
Performanceconsiderations.......................................
Specications..............................................18
SDcardslot....................................................
Buttons.......................................................
Connectors....................................................
Operatingconditions.............................................20
Powerconsumption..............................................21
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AXISP1368-ENetworkCamera
Productoverview
Productoverview
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Weathershield
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Topcover
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Window
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Intrusionalarmmagnet
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Safetywire
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Cabletieanchor
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IK10tool
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Intrusionalarmsensor
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Cablecover
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Springloadedthumbscrew(4x)
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Opticunit
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Lens
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TICE
NO NO
TICE TICE
Donotlifttheproductinthecablecover.
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Howtoaccesstheproduct
Howtoaccesstheproduct
AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:
•Chrome
•Chrome
•Chrome
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support
TM
(recommended),Firefox
TM
(recommended)orSafari
TM
orFirefox
®
withotheroperatingsystems.
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser
1.Startawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
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,Edge
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,orOpera
withOSX
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withWindows
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ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebataxis.com/support
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.
4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:
•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththedevices.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,thedevicemustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.
1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage6.
2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.
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Howtoaccesstheproduct
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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